Common European starlings [Sturnus vulgaris] and rural life in a small village in Flores Island, the westernmost corner of Europe.
Starlings (and other birds), Nature, Trekking, Farming, and Rural Life in the second westernmost village of Europe.
Welcome to Fajãzinha
Fajãzinha is a civil parish in the municipality of Lajes das Flores located 15 km (9.3 mi) from the main town of Lajes das Flores, on the western coast of Portuguese island of Flores. The population in 2021 was 71, in an area of 6.16 square km.
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What We Publish Here
We run a small farm, raising cattle and sheep, aiming for sustainable and environmental-friendly biological ways.
As a rural place, you don’t need to walk much for some common species birdwatching in Fajãzinha.
The rich rural architecture heritage of Fajãzinha, in a new project hopefully coming up soon…
Farm routines lead us to walk most of the caminhos (trails) with some images and stories along the way.
Common Bird Species in Fajãzinha
Birds in Fajãzinha
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Trails & History
Walk the trails in Fajãzinha
T R A I L 4
To be added soon…
More trails…
Meet our farm
Our Farm in Numbers
10
cattle
14
sheep
70%
sustainable
90%
biological
0%
pesticides
Photo & Videos from the Farm
Work in the Farm
What’s Starling Fajãzinha
Starling Fajãzinha was developed in 2018 as a rural life heritage project towards the preservation of rural architecture and traditional know-how. It is also committed to sustainable and biological ways of doing farming and keeping the nature in Fajãzinha (and Flores Island) whilst promoting better ways of living and preserving biodiversity.
- Sustainability
- Biological-oriented
- Environmental Awareness
- Traditional Know-How
- Rural Architecture
“It will be a success”
Luís is an extremely committed to his job as a Musicologist and this blog will be a success as well
Ana
“Thinking in something new”
Luís is always thinking in something new, so this will be a great to know the traditions of Fajãzinha
João
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- Corn in, Shearing, and Cattle management
It’s quite impressive what a week of excellent weather can do to the farm… and your backs. We finally had a bit of rain this morning as I am writingContinue reading “Corn in, Shearing, and Cattle management” - Summer in May, work moving forward
Well, this week was one of those you can do almost everything still behind on the farm and literally move things forward because we had a bit of Summer weatherContinue reading “Summer in May, work moving forward” - Cows now on Pastures in a Rainy Week
Well, this week has been one of those… which will be repeated until late October… or maybe not so much. This may be a very confusing first sentence to thisContinue reading “Cows now on Pastures in a Rainy Week” - Regarding Feed
Feed is one of the central aspects on every farm. We spend most of the Summer foraging and preparing grass, corn, and other cereals that will be used to feedContinue reading “Regarding Feed” - The Round Bales season is over
Finally, we finished our last two round bales for this Winter and all the livestock is now on pasture. This has been the longer period in years we had theContinue reading “The Round Bales season is over” - Progress on the New Workshop (1)
As the title suggests this will be the first of a series of posts regarding the progress of the work on the new workshop. I thought that this project, asContinue reading “Progress on the New Workshop (1)” - Long and Rainy Spring Days
So I’m back in the island for so Spring projects and some livestock managing… if the weather will collaborate with some less rainy days. Days are long though, but weContinue reading “Long and Rainy Spring Days” - Regarding pasture 72
Every Winter or, more likely during the early Spring (March and April) I usually work on the pastures that are in disrepair and need a more urgent and profound interventionContinue reading “Regarding pasture 72” - Livestock moving and other projects
Well, and we are now in full motion of the livestock between pastures. The weather is gradually changing from the late-Winter still-cold temperature with some stormy days to more sunnyContinue reading “Livestock moving and other projects” - Round bales Season almost overWell, as I usually say to my neighbour farmers, “it’s that time of the year”, meaning that we are approaching the end of what I call the “round bales season”.Continue reading “Round bales Season almost over”
- Winter 2022 photo dump
I’m not particularly a social media person. I keep a personal facebook profile since most colleagues in my field use it to share info on research, events, etc. There areContinue reading “Winter 2022 photo dump” - Regarding the New Workshop
This has been, by far, my most important and busy project I have been doing at the farm. It’s been going on since 2018 with long periods without any workContinue reading “Regarding the New Workshop”
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